President Bush today announced the appointment of Ambassador L. Paul
Bremer, III as Presidential Envoy to Iraq. Ambassador Bremer will
serve as the senior Coalition official in Iraq. In his capacity as
Presidential Envoy, he will oversee Coalition reconstruction efforts
and the process by which the Iraqi people build the institutions and
governing structures that will guide their future. General Tommy
Franks will maintain command over Coalition military personnel in the
theater. Ambassador Bremer will report to Secretary of Defense
Rumsfeld and will advise the President, through the Secretary, on
policies designed to achieve American and Coalition goals for Iraq.

Ambassador Bremer was recently the Chairman and CEO of Marsh Crisis
Consulting, and was previously Managing Director of the Kissinger
Group. He joined the Kissinger Group after 23 years of service in the
U.S. Diplomatic Corps under six Secretaries of State. In 1983,
Ambassador Bremer was named Ambassador to the Netherlands, and in 1986,
President Reagan appointed him Ambassador?At?Large for Counter
Terrorism. In 1999, Speaker Hastert appointed him as Chairman of the
National Commission on Terrorism.